Comments on: When A Ship Sinks, Is It Really ‘Women and Children First’?

By: Lina Jasutiene

Lina Jasutiene — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 06:54:39 +0000

great article! Thanks!

By: Rik van Hemmen

Rik van Hemmen — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:25:16 +0000

I would say the problem is the type of disasters that were studied. Large disasters are disasters where everything went wrong and they are actually very rare. For further discussion see http://www.martinottaway.com/blog.

By: Rik van Hemmen

Rik van Hemmen — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:23:46 +0000

By: Tom Alex

Tom Alex — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 05:43:19 +0000

The first thing that came to my mind when I was going through the above article.

By: Louis B. Ebersöhn

Louis B. Ebersöhn — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 23:03:46 +0000

Sadly most people go through life with their eyes wide shut. Soos daai engelsman sou sê.

By: MeaCulpa

MeaCulpa — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:27:44 +0000

The Gallantry was provided by the Military personnel – well the Lt-Col threatening to kill the rank and file might have had a decisive influence on their level of gallantry displayed – that where passengers rather than by the crew, a crew that survived in a far greater proportion than the poor sods they where suppose to save.

By: MeaCulpa

MeaCulpa — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:13:33 +0000

“We have added data for one shipwreck occurring
before 1854, HMS Birkenhead (1852), since the Birkenhead is often referred to as giving rise
to the expression ‘women and children first’”¨
Page 2, so you kind of miss the mark by a mile.

By: Peter Hodgskin

Peter Hodgskin — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 10:19:29 +0000

they do not know about the birkenhead, as you have mentioned, one of the most famous wrecks of all! – do they know where southern africa is? must be american…

By: Christine Andrews

Christine Andrews — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 07:29:19 +0000

Baie interessant, Louis. Alana, my oudste, is vandag op die ferry vanaf Belfast na Birkenhead (ja, die einste) in Liverpool. Bid dat die ferry nie sink nie!!

By: Jamshed Bush

Jamshed Bush — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 03:18:27 +0000

I LIKE YOUR SIDE VERY NICE THYOU.